Karen Ann Quinlan fell into a coma in 1975. The high-profile legal case over her parents’ wish to remove her ventilator shapes American patients’ rights today.

How you approach end-of-life care for yourself or a loved one is a personal and important decision. You may consider hospice care, a death doula, or both to guide you during this time. Here’s what ...

Experts discuss how better hospice and home care reimbursement can help patients receive compassionate end-of-life care at home. Maureen Canavan and Dr. Kerin Adelson, healthcare executive, chief ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people unexpectedly needed critical care such as ventilators but were unable to communicate their end-of-life wishes to their loved ones. Researchers like me, who ...

Whilst the concept of palliative care is now more widely recognised across the world, as a service-led provision, it is still only accessed by the minority.

Specialist palliative care has the potential to reduce costs by up to £8,000 per person and improve quality of life. The new study, published by researchers at King's College London in the National ...

A quarter of Medicare spending occurs during the final year of a patient’s life. Billions of those dollars go toward care that is misaligned or unwanted, which is often due to a lack of planning for ...

We are now in the Christian liturgical season of Lent. Historically, Lent is a 40-day period of fasting, prayer and ...

A new bill aims to ensure patients’ end-of-life wishes are followed. But one San Diego woman’s decision to pursue medical aid ...

The UK government must set out clear national standards to tackle “serious inadequacies” and staff shortages in children’s palliative care services, a group of MPs has urged. The House of Commons ...

The calibre of care a patient receives at end of their life can make the difference between a peaceful death or a difficult ...